On Beauty and Connection
Earlier this year, I invited the community to join me for a social media-free February. A month of human connection and meaningful and messy conversations. 28 days to be together and see what happens when we’re not constantly curating a version of our lives for mass consumption.
“We need to tell our children these stories.”
Oliver-Velez exhorted us to share our stories and the stories of others who have fought, and sometimes died, for justice with our children. We must continue to connect, to build, and to move towards more healing, community, and justice in the world. In her words: “We have no excuse.”
Op-Ed: Property taxes are crushing NH families and it doesn’t have to be this way
What we need now is a federal delegation with the courage to bring this same innovative and evidence-based approach to their work in Washington. You want to talk about property tax relief? Here are two ways the federal government could help lower your property taxes, now.
Op-Ed: Nobody voted for war
I have spent my career studying the consequences of U.S. military action. I teach about international conflict and diplomacy. I have lived in communities still scarred by the legacy of U.S. nuclear testing. I do not romanticize war or underestimate how quickly “major combat operations” can become a global catastrophe.
Honoring Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day
Today is Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day in the Marshall Islands, honoring the victims of U.S. nuclear testing there. The U.S. must continue to ensure survivors receive the support and health care they need. We must also work to end nuclear testing once and for all and work to rid the world of the existential threat of nuclear war.
Carleigh’s Statement on Trump’s Attack on Iran
Earlier today, President Trump ordered another strike on Iran in conjunction with Israel. Trump has characterized the attacks as “major combat operations” and referred to the possibility of American “casualties that often happens in war.” This situation could escalate quickly into a vast conflict with deadly consequences for our soldiers and civilians throughout the region. Congress must act immediately to constrain Trump and hold him accountable for these dangerous and unconstitutional strikes.
Future Hindsight Podcast: The Offline Candidate
My students looked at me, and they said: ‘what is this country?’ This is so different than the America they were promised. I’m a Millenial, and I can count on one hand the number of friends who can afford to have kids because the cost of daycare is so impossible. That’s crazy. That’s not what we thought our lives would be like. I think there’s a level of cynicism that young people bring to politics because they don’t feel like their experiences are being taken seriously.
Good News: Merrimack Detention Facility Canceled!
This victory shows the power of a mobilized and unified community that not only opposes the reprehensible actions of ICE and DHS, but also envisions and fights for a more just immigration system.
How we fix our prior authorization problems…
For years, I thought I just had terrible luck with doctors and pharmacies. How was it that every couple months, I would wind up having to go back and forth from my insurance, to my doctor, to my pharmacy, to figure out why some medicine my kids or I had been prescribed wasn’t going to be available to us because of something called “prior authorization.” As I’ve been out in the community meeting voters, I have learned how widespread and insidious the prior authorization really is, and I have also learned that it is completely fixable.
Navigating Addiction
New Hampshire deserves leadership that treats the opioid crisis with the urgency it demands; from our local stages to the halls of Congress.
Dancing for Democracy
Amid a conversation about how to bring more joy into our organizing, our volunteer Mike, a professional dance instructor, suggested Dancing for Democracy. Using his skills, he and his partner Nastasya taught a bachata lesson that brought people together at a time when connection feels urgent. I’m grateful to both of them for sharing their talents so generously.
Nuclear Weapons Now: The Threat and Opportunity
A few weeks ago, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists issued a dire warning. They moved the Doomsday Clock to 85 seconds until midnight; closer than we have ever been to catastrophe. Our country and our planet have never faced a moment as dangerous as this one, and we all must wake up to the danger and act to prevent disaster. These weapons have shaped our past and present, and if we don’t act now, they could end our future. I am honored to share these stories with my community in the hopes that one day, we will all live in a world free from these horrible instruments of destruction.
My Eleven Point Plan for DHS
The clock is ticking. The longer politicians in Washington wait to fix our broken immigration system and force ICE, CBP, and Kristi Noem to face real accountability, the more emboldened DHS becomes in its efforts to trample over our rights and terrorize innocent people.
Interview: “Democratic congressional candidate Carleigh Beriont voices concerns about ‘lack of trust’ in politicians”
I support policies that don’t yet have universal backing within the party, like Medicare for All and “back-from-the-brink” legislation that would ensure no single person, including President Donald Trump, has unilateral authority to launch nuclear weapons. When you listen to people across the district, you don’t start by asking what party they belong to. You ask what they care about. People want to be safe, afford to live here and cool down the tone of our politics.
Photo Essay: Rockingham County Commissioners Reject Contract with ICE
After months of persistent advocacy, activists succeeded in swaying the crucial swing vote on the Rockingham Board of Commissioners against signing a contract to use the county jail to house ICE detainees. The effort brought together faith leaders, state elected officials, seasoned activists, and outraged Rockingham residents who showed up, week after week, to oppose an immoral and fiscally irresponsible agreement that would have exposed the county to future liability when ICE is held accountable for their cruelty and many abuses.
Carleigh’s Response to the State Documents Unveiling ICE’s Site Plans for Merrimack
This is state-sanctioned violence and it has no place in New Hampshire.
Video: Keep ICE out of the Rockingham County Jail
Hundreds showed up at the Rockingham County Commissioners meeting on Thursday to speak out against a proposed contract with ICE to use the county jail to house immigrants detained by ICE. Meanwhile, 75 miles from Rockingham County, in Maine, ICE agents recently detained a Cumberland County Corrections recruit. They literally yanked him out of his car and left it running in the street. Incidents like this are happening all across the country as ICE terrorizes entire communities, tramples on our rights, and kills people.
January IRL Recap
Thank you to our volunteers and to everyone we’ve met on the campaign trail who, against the backdrop of U.S. imperialism, ICE terrorizing our communities, and the ongoing affordability crisis, continue to show up and believe that better is necessary and possible.
It’s officially election year and our campaign is ramping up with a clear call to action, showing up for one another, and leading with integrity; all of which this moment, and our country, call for. Here’s a recap of how we kicked off 2026:
There are heroes in this district!
People have gotten used to seeing me not just in front of the room, but in the back rows and on the picnic benches- listening, learning, and connecting with the people that many politicians walk right past without even saying hello.
Many of these same people are now leading the charge--showing up for their neighbors in the street when Trump’s goon squads descend upon their city, testifying passionately at their county commissioners meeting to stop ICE from turning the county jail into a detention center, and lugging clothes by the bagful to keep foster kids warm through the winter.